Glory Forever And Ever

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Hebrews 13:20-21 

Who gets the glory for our development and the good works we do in the will of God? Christ does. God gets the glory in the sense that He perfects us, but what He does to equip us is through Christ. Therefore, when it comes down to the final analysis, Christ gets the glory. Why does that matter? It matters because God’s whole purpose is to bring us to Christ, to bind us to Him in an indissoluble union; to make us the Body of which He is the Head; to make us the bride to Him, the Bridegroom. He is the brightness of God’s glory. He is the express image of His Person. God has magnified Christ, His living Word, above all His name. Therefore when we are equipped to do His will and perform the Christlike works which He has for us to do, Christ gets the glory. Our cry is, ‘Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.’ We cannot take the credit or appropriate any glory to ourselves because of any good work we do. Christ has done in us what is necessary for us to do the will of God. He has set the good works before us to do. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice at all Your works. 
We praise You that You lead us, 
to do what will bring You the most glory. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning